Using dar algo por + participle/adjective Flashcards
Dar algo/alguien por + participle/adjective
In Spanish, to express that something is considered as “adjective or participle”.
They gave him up for dead but his body never showed up.
Lo dieron por muerto pero nunca apareció su cuerpo.
She said so many outrageous things that they considered her crazy.
Decía tantas barbaridades que la daban por loca.
We tried over and over and in the end we gave it up as impossible.
Probamos una y otra vez y al final lo dimos por imposible.
Teenagers take a lot of things for granted.
Los adolescentes dan por sentadas muchas cosas.
Don’t think it’s about you because I wasn’t referring to you.
No te des por aludida porque no me estaba refiriendo a ti.
The clientes considered themselves satisfied with the discount we gave them.
Los clientes se dieron por satisfechos con el descuento que les hicimos.
